NEWS & EVENTS

Applications forms are available for admission in the Certificate Course In Library Science, Summer Session, 2026 organized by Bengal Library Association from the Association's office at P-134, C.I.T. Scheme-52, Kolkata-700014 on 15.12.2025 to 22.01.2026 [between 2.00 PM-6.30 PM except Sunday and Govt. Holidays] by submission of Rs.100/- by cash or Demand Draft (in favour of Bengal Library Association payable at Kolkata) or through online mentioned in the Form. Filled up application forms must be submitted within the above mentioned dates in the Association Office by-hand or by-post together with the self attested documents mentioned in the form.

Total No. of Seats: 65

Mode of Class: Online [for Theory Papers] | Offline [for Practical Papers]

Class Timings: Online --> Monday--Friday [between 6.30 PM-9.30 PM] | Offline --> Saturday [between 11.00 AM-2.00 PM, in every alternate week]

Select List will be published in the third week of February, 2026

Commencement of Class: First Week of March, 2026 (Tentative)

For more details please click on: http://www.blacal.org/training.php#certificate-in-library-science

All are cordially invited to attend the Concluding Ceremony of CENTENARY CELEBRATION of The Bengal Library Association on December 20-21, 2025 between 9.00 AM -- 6.00 PM.

Organized By: The Bengal Library Association

In Collaboration With: Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

Topics of Discussion:
1. Innovative Librarianship: Application in Different Types of Libraries

2. Role of The Bengal Library Association in Library Movement

Venue: Swami Vivekananda Auditorium, Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata

Registration Fee: Rs.500.00 per head

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/4eDrZW5bwG1Vsngh7

Please Register within 18 December, 2025

All are cordially invited to attend the Special Lecture as a part of CENTENARY CELEBRATION of The Bengal Library Association on December 07, 2025 at 11.00 AM.

Organized Jointly By: The Bengal Library Association & Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres

Topic of Discussion: Collaboration Among Library Associations in the World

Speaker: Emily Drabinski (Hon’ble Director and Chair of the Information Studies Program, Queens College, City University of New York & Former President, American Library Association, Chicago)

Venue: BLA Building (CIT Road, Padmapukur)

All are cordially invited to attend the CENTENARY CELEBRATION of The Bengal Library Association in Purulia District on November 22-23, 2025 between 9.00 AM -- 6.00 PM.

Organized By: The Bengal Library Association, Purulia District Branch

Topics of Discussion:
1. Community Information Service and Collection of Local Information

2. LIS Publications in Bengali

Venue: CADC Campus, Ajodhya Hills, Purulia, West Bengal

Registration Fee: Rs.500.00 per head

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/UAW7wzWc4Ad3yr1R9

Please Register within 08 November, 2025

All are cordially invited to attend the CENTENARY CELEBRATION of The Bengal Library Association in Bali Island of Gosaba, Sundarban including Book Donation, Storey Telling Programme, etc. on November 09, 2025 at 11.00 AM.

Organized By: The Bengal Library Association

In Collaboration With: 'Sudhu Sundarban Charcha' Library

Venue: Bijaynagar, Bali Island, Gosaba, Sundarban